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decisive
adjective
1 decisive
Determining or having the power to determine an outcome.
Roget 478:
demonstrating
etc.
v.,
demonstrative,
demonstrable;
probative,
unanswerable,
conclusive;
apodictic†,
apodeictic†,
apodeictical†;
irresistible,
irrefutable,
irrefragable;
necessary.
categorical,
decisive,
crucial.
demonstrated
etc.
v.;
proven;
unconfuted†,
unanswered,
unrefuted†;
evident
etc.
474.
deducible,
consequential,
consectary†,
inferential,
following.
[demonstrated to one's satisfaction]
convincing,
cogent,
persuasive
(believable)
484.
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Roget 474:
certain,
sure,
assured
etc.
v.;
solid,
well-founded.
unqualified,
absolute,
positive,
determinate,
definite,
clear,
unequivocal,
categorical,
unmistakable,
decisive,
decided,
ascertained.
inevitable,
unavoidable,
avoidless†;
ineluctable.
unerring,
infallible;
unchangeable
etc.
150;
to be depended on,
trustworthy,
reliable,
bound.
unimpeachable,
undeniable,
unquestionable;
indisputable,
incontestable,
incontrovertible,
indubitable;
irrefutable
etc.
(proven)
478;
conclusive,
without power of appeal.
indubious†;
without doubt,
beyond a doubt,
without a shade or shadow of doubt,
without question,
beyond question;
past dispute;
clear as day;
beyond all question,
beyond all dispute;
undoubted,
uncontested,
unquestioned,
undisputed;
questionless†,
doubtless.
authoritative,
authentic,
official.
sure as fate,
sure as death and taxes,
sure as a gun.
evident,
self-evident,
axiomatic;
clear,
clear as day,
clear as the sun at noonday.
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2 decisive
3 decisive
Characterized by decision and firmness.
Polish: gotów, gotowy
4 decisive
Forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis.
synonym: critical.
Polish: rozstrzygający, decydujący, przesądzający
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